Sima Yi sent the news of Liu Biao's death back to Xuchang City in 800 miles. After Cao Cao learned the news, he no longer hesitated and immediately raised 100,000 troops. The general Xiahou Dun was the vanguard and led 20,000 troops to Xinye City and killed him.

As the number one general under Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun was also an arrogant person. He was full of confidence in leading troops to the expedition this time and planned to make a decision in one battle. It would be best if he could seize and wipe out Liu Qi before Cao Cao's army arrived.

Even if he couldn't take Fancheng, Xinye must take it. As for Xinye's guard Wei Yan, Xiahou Dun really didn't take him seriously. In his opinion, this person was just an unknown person. Although he killed Fan Chou last time, it only means that Fan Chou's martial arts skills were too poor. If it were him, Xiahou Dun would have taken Wei Yan's life.

Therefore, after Xiahou Dun led the troops, he rushed straight to Xinye County and rushed to kill. Besides, Liu Qi, since he followed Zhuge Liang's plan to escape from Xiangyang, Liu Qi was once in a panic all day long. Zhuge Liang looked at it and shook his head secretly, and said in his heart: "This person is indeed useless."

However, he is still needed to stabilize Cao's army and balance the Cai family. So Zhuge Liang offered him advice, while allowing him to quickly contact his brother Liu Pan. At this moment, the Cai family is in great power, and with Liu Pan's support, he can also share some of the pressure from the Cai family. On the other hand, Zhuge Liang asked him to actively prepare for the war, because after learning that Liu Biao's death, Cao Cao would definitely not miss such a good opportunity and would definitely set up a large army to attack Jingzhou.

Sure enough, Liu Pan replied that he would support Liu Qi in promotion to Jingzhou Governor. However, before Liu Qi could be happy, news came from Xiangyang City that Cai Mao had already supported the second son Liu Zong to inherit the Jingzhou Governor. Liu Qi was angry while hearing the news, and also felt deeply powerless.

Although he had a lot of troops at this moment, he was still not the opponent of the Cai family. Not to mention that the Cai family had Cao Cao's support behind him. Liu Qi was a little self-deprecating at that time, and even thought that if he surrendered to Liu Zong, it would be a good choice.

After hearing this, Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "You must not! If you surrender at this time, fortunately no one would touch you at first, but after a year or two, when the matter is settled, how can Cai Mao save your life? After all, you are the first heir to the Muslim in Jingzhou!"

Liu Qi felt a thrill when he heard this. He looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Sir, what should I do now? If I can't be the governor of the state, what will I use to resist Cao Cao's army!"

Zhuge Liang thought about me and said, "We may not have to resist. Just beat Cao Cao first and then evacuate him! As for Jingzhou, we will come back sooner or later."

Liu Qi was stunned and said, "Get back? Where can I retreat? Jingzhou has no other place to accommodate Jiangxia City except me and Liu Pan."

"Young Master, who said we are going to retreat to Jingzhou? If Jingzhou doesn't work, we can retreat to Yuzhou!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"Yuzhou?" Liu Qi was puzzled again after hearing this, and couldn't help but speak, "Then Yuzhou is still Cao Cao's territory. Sir, will we fall into the trap of our own when we go?"

"Hahaha!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Young Master, don't worry. As long as Cao Cao sends troops this time, my lord Liu Bei will not sit idly by. Then he will send troops to Yuzhou to pick us up. We can just hold Cao Cao a little bit."

After hearing this, Liu Qi was overjoyed and said, "This is great. With Uncle Liu Bei coming, he will definitely defeat Cao Cao. Then I can govern Jingzhou with my uncle." Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing. He already knew what Han Fei meant. He had no intention of regaining Jingzhou. Han Fei only hoped that Jingzhou would become a place for the Cao and Sun families to fight, and that after a little operation, he could continue to devour the army of both sides. Of course, Zhuge Liang would not tell Liu Qi these words.

However, this time, Cao's army came here only because of Zhuge Liang's own concern that he would not be able to do it, so he comforted Liu Qi. Zhuge Liang planned to ask for help, and the target of his help was his classmates who were also studying in Shuijing Villa.

Although Zhuge Liang asked for help, many people were not optimistic about Liu Qi. So only one and a half of them came. This person was Xu Shu who was accused of list blessings, and the other half was Pang Tong.

Why is it said to be half? In fact, Pang Tong did not come to help Zhuge Liang. Instead, he went directly to Jiangdong. He wanted to surrender to Sun Quan and offer him advice to resist Cao Cao's capture of Jingzhou.

Not to mention Pang Tong going south to Jiangdong, but to say that Shan Fu rushed to Fancheng alone. Zhuge Liang was extremely happy when he heard Shan Fu's arrival. He immediately served wine to welcome him and discussed with him how to resist Cao Cao's army next.

During the meal, Shan Fu smiled and said, "Kongming, you have already made a decision in your heart. Why do you make things difficult for me? But I have something unknown. Why do you do it even though you know it is impossible? Could it be that there is still a backup plan?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Brother Shan is really invisible. I have received a letter from the military advisor. Soon, my commander Liu Bei will send troops to Yuzhou and attack Runan City. Then we will have a way out."

After hearing this, Shan Fu smiled and said, "I knew that Han Fei's strategy could not be deployed. Now as long as we nail Cao's army to Jingzhou, it will be more convenient for Han Military Advisor to act."

"Not bad! I heard him talk about this plan once a few years ago, but I was not very clear at that time. Now it seems that Han Zicong is indeed completely clear." Zhuge Liang sighed.

"Wait, Kong Ming, did you mean that Military Advisor Han had already calculated that there would be this scene in the present a few years ago?" Shan Fu said in horror. Zhuge Liang ignored Shan Fu's expression, but just took a sip of wine silently and nodded.

Shan Fu sighed and said, "Han Fei, Han Zicong is indeed a great man of his generation! Your master Liu Bei has his assistant, why worry about the great cause not being successful!"

Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head and said, "Shan Fu, come to my lord too. It's good that you and I can only have your own strength for this chaotic period in the late Han Dynasty."

"This... I will think twice before this. After this crisis, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." Shan Fu hesitated and said.

Zhuge Liang nodded without urging, and then the two turned the topic back to how to stop Cao's army. The banquet was not over until midnight. After a while, they got the news that Cao Cao's army set out. The vanguard was the 20,000 troops led by Xiahou Dun.

After learning the news, Zhuge Liang glanced at Shan Fu and said to Liu Qi: "How about the eldest son, I will leave it to me to command the army this time?"

When Liu Qi heard this, he said happily: "Everything depends on Mr.!" Wen Pin, who was standing beside him, frowned when he saw Liu Qi handing over the command of the army so simply, but he didn't say anything, just watched coldly to see how Zhuge Liang acted."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!